Minocycline And Teenage Hair Loss?

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I'm hoping you might be able to help me! I was taking Minocin for my skin for about three weeks at 100mg a day when I started to have significant hair loss when brushing, showering or when I touches my hair. I'm a 17 year old female. I stopped taking minocin and rang my doctor who said that hair loss is a side effect of minocin although it is a rare one. It also is a listed side effect on the leaflet in the box of tablets. He suggested that I have blood tests done just to make sure everything else was fine they all came back normal. I did not get my hormones checked. He said I should wait a few weeks untill all the minocin is out of my system and the hair loss should stop. I haven't taken Any minocin for over two weeks and the hair loss is just as bad if not worse! :'( I am really scared, does anyone have Any information on this?

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I'm so sorry you're experiencing this at 17! It is an AWFUL side effect that my physician also said was "very rare". As far as the hair loss, I think it took a month for me to notice that it stopped falling out at the same rate (gigantic clumps in my hand when showering). I am about 3 months off or so, and still noticing clumps - but they are much smaller and I think are just normal at this point. I have a weird situation that is messing with my head ... I kept my hair short (chin length) for 10+ years and recently grew it quite long.

My hair grows super fast, so I grew from chin length to halfway down my back in < 2 years. So, I kind of am unsure if the current shedding still seems a little greater than normal just because my hair is twice as long and so naturally the clumps would be twice as large in my hand than if I had short hair.

They say you lose about 50-100 hairs/day depending on your texture (thin or coarse).

So, I don't really have an answer quite yet as to if my hair is thickening back up and growing back after losing it, but I will definitely keep you posted! I am pretty relieved that at least the hair loss has slowed down.

Go off the Solodyn/Monocyclin and try not to stress about your hair. You're only 17, so it would be incredibly unlikely that you wouldn't regrow what you lost!!

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Thanks a million for your reply sorry it took me so long to see it, I think my hair loss is slowing down as well but its so hard to tell, I've been off the mino for about seven weeks now and I do feel better about my hair now even though I have quite a bit less than I did thank god I've always had a lot nevertheless that doesn't make it any less terrifying! If you don't mind me asking did you notice that the hair loss was worse in a particular area of your head? I think mine is worse from my temples and crown but I'm not sure. Thanks again for your reply.